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Francis back on ventilator after mucus causes breathing crisis
rome – pope francis today suffered two incidents of “acute” respiratory difficulty that required him to be put back on a ventilator. in a st...
Elise Allen
Bishop accuses Starmer of abandoning world's poorest to fund war against Russia
sir keir starmer is facing criticism from a catholic bishop after he slashed foreign aid to re-arm britain and fund ukraine’s war with russi...
Simon Caldwell
Southwark priest appointed new rector of Beda College in Rome
southwark parish priest fr marcus holden has been appointed as the rector of the pontifical beda college in rome. in addition, f...
Simon Caldwell
Pope stable and off ventilation support; shares thoughts on his illness
pope francis was described as being in stable condition today following a respiratory spasm two days ago, with the vatican saying the mechan...
Elise Allen
Into the Lenten wilderness with one eye on Satan
at easter we are asked, as we renew our baptismal promises, whether we renounce satan: we dutifully reply: “i do.” during the rest of the ch...
AndrewCarstairsMcCarthy
Fall of the idols: at last the US is reclaiming a culture of sanity
in my february column for the magazine – written prior to the inauguration of president trump and vice president vance – i wondered if the p...
Ken Craycraft
Pope Francis stable after 'bronchospasm' and on oxygen therapy
the vatican has said pope francis is in a stable condition after yesterday experiencing what doctors described as a “bronchospasm”, requirin...
Elise Allen
Even in hospital, Pope Francis remains Francis: defying expectations, pulling strings
despite his longest hospitalisation to date, due to a complex respiratory infection and double pneumonia with an unclear prognosis, pope fra...
Elise Allen
Discovering the 'log' in your own eye
"first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye" (luke 6:42) in s...
Fr David Howell
Is JD Vance right that free speech for Christians is under attack?
the label (not to mention idea) of “free speech” is really a bit of a misnomer, despite free speech being in the limelight after jd vance, s...
John Duddington
JD Vance acknowledges Pope’s criticism and prays for his recovery
us vice-president jd vance has responded to pope francis’s criticisms of the trump administration's immigration policies in a speech at the ...
johnlavenburg
Pope experiences 'bronchial spasm' in recovery setback
despite several days of slight improvement in his overall clinical status, pope francis on friday suffered what doctors described as a bronc...
Elise Allen
A cinematic vale of tears: Mauro Borrelli’s ‘Last Supper’
pinnacle peak pictures, the studio behind the case for christ and god’s not dead , has released a new film well in time for easter: the last...
Julia Hamilton
Seeing fearlessly like St Non: a Welsh pilgrimage to the shrine of St David's mother
st non’s lies 2 miles south of saint davids, on one of the most beautiful stretches of the pembrokeshire coast in west wales. it is a “thin ...
Camilla Harrison
Loophole allowing assisted suicide for anorexia left open
anorexia sufferers could access assisted dying after mps refused to close a loophole in kim leadbeater’s bill. leadbeater’s bill is currentl...
Thomas Edwards
Cardinal McElroy snubs Trump, but chats with Biden
moments after stating that he has no current plans to meet with president donald trump, emphasising what he stressed is the intrinsically pa...
johnlavenburg
Abortion surges 29 per cent in Northern Ireland – calls to repeal law
abortion statistics released by the department of health in northern ireland show that 2,792 lives were ended through abortion in the year f...
The Catholic Herald
The Barron Pilgrimage: Catholicism, culture and Californian cheer
the bishop of winona-rochester, robert barron, graced our shores last week, hopping first to the alliance for responsible citizenship’s conf...
Ciaron Tobin
Pope Francis's condition continues to slowly improve
pope francis’s overall condition continued to improve this thursday on his 13th day in hospital to fight a complex respiratory infection and...
Elise Allen
Quality of Life v. Sanctity of Life: British mindset on abortion will replicate itself in assisted suicide
as reported by the bbc and catholic herald , there has been a high-profile case of misdiagnosis by doctors leading to the abortion of a heal...
Thomas Casemore
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